In its edition of this Saturday, France Football unveiled the votes of the 170 journalists who drew up a Top 5 preference for this Ballon d’Or 2021. A controversial edition that saw Lionel Messi receive his seventh trophy, leaving Robert Lewandowski with a consolation prize, the all-new top scorer of the season.
On the side of the Belgians, Kevin De Bruyne is the one who finished in better position, in 8th place! Romelu Lukaku meanwhile had to settle for a twelfth position. Far from the opinion of TV Globo, the Brazilian media which participated in the vote for the country of Seleçao. Indeed, in the land of football, it was felt that Kevin De Bruyne deserved the trophy this year. In second and third positions of the vote we find Jorginho and Kylian Mbappé, before Romelu Lukaku, fourth and Neymar fifth. If this offers nothing to the two Devils, it is always satisfying to see his talent recognized by such a nation of the round ball.
A lot of countries have awarded points to the player of Manchester City and the Red Devils. Algeria placed Kevin De Bruyne in a very good position as well, in second place, as did Aruba, and the Cayman Islands in particular. Cameroon gave him a third place, like Kenya. Austria, Madagascar, Libya a fourth. Bulgaria, Congo, Finland, Haiti, Spain, meanwhile, felt that KDB deserved a fifth place.
Romelu Lukaku had his little success as well, appearing in some top 5s around the world.
